I agree with Tyyr, and not just for his reason. It also exposes to us one of the "real" people of TNG - one of the huddled masses; one of the flawed, normal men living a life of quiet depseration as opposed to the typical shiny, clean, paragon-of-humanity bridge crew.

"We've been over this. We don't shoot first and ask questions later.""Of course! We never ask questions."

colmquinn wrote:Riker is truely a Douche in this ep, Reg is a guy I believe I could spend time with

I did like how SF Debris pointed out the line Riker crossed. Yes, Barclay is under-performing and needs to shape up, and it's Riker's job to get him to... but he crossed the line from professional to personal.